Let completers complete in the zone they were constructed in.

sdk/lib/async/future_impl.dart

Index: sdk/lib/async/future_impl.dart
diff --git a/sdk/lib/async/future_impl.dart b/sdk/lib/async/future_impl.dart
index 73dc35f18cf08174f802a39fd55e7ab2e1a2d862..26fbc19281c483d887472b3dc16ee87c779a77c0 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/async/future_impl.dart
+++ b/sdk/lib/async/future_impl.dart
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ abstract class _Completer<T> implements Completer<T> {
     if (_isComplete) throw new StateError("Future already completed");
     _isComplete = true;
     _FutureImpl futureImpl = future;
-    futureImpl._zone.cancelCallbackExpectation();
     _setFutureValue(value);
   }
 
@@ -35,12 +34,7 @@ abstract class _Completer<T> implements Completer<T> {
       _attachStackTrace(error, stackTrace);
     }
     _FutureImpl futureImpl = future;
-    if (futureImpl._inSameErrorZone(_Zone.current)) {
-      futureImpl._zone.cancelCallbackExpectation();
-      _setFutureError(error);
-    } else {
-      _Zone.current.handleUncaughtError(error);
-    }
+    _setFutureError(error);
   }
 
   bool get isCompleted => _isComplete;
@@ -50,11 +44,15 @@ class _AsyncCompleter<T> extends _Completer<T> {
   void _setFutureValue(T value) {
     _FutureImpl future = this.future;
     future._asyncSetValue(value);
+    future._zone.cancelCallbackExpectation();
   }
 
   void _setFutureError(error) {
     _FutureImpl future = this.future;
     future._asyncSetError(error);
+    // The async-error will schedule another callback, so we can cancel
+    // the expectation without shutting down the zone.
+    future._zone.cancelCallbackExpectation();
   }
 }
 
@@ -62,11 +60,15 @@ class _SyncCompleter<T> extends _Completer<T> {
   void _setFutureValue(T value) {
     _FutureImpl future = this.future;
     future._setValue(value);
+    // The async-error will schedule another callback, so we can cancel
+    // the expectation without shutting down the zone.

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen, 2013/07/12 12:53:57]

Should this be in the _AsyncCompleter above?

[floitsch, 2013/07/12 13:11:54]

Done.

+    future._zone.cancelCallbackExpectation();
   }
 
   void _setFutureError(error) {
     _FutureImpl future = this.future;
     future._setError(error);
+    future._zone.cancelCallbackExpectation();
   }
 }